Friday, March 8, 2013

You are Not Called to Be a Caterpillar!

I had the opportunity to go
to FredericMeijerGarden to see the butterfly exhibit, recently.For you that don’t know, I am fascinated and intrigued
by those fluttering creatures.As I was
thinking about their transformation and how they start out with not much to
offer… they crawl around on their bellies and can eat massive amounts of
vegetation… it is hard to see the beauty or usefulness in those little
critters.I am sure most caterpillars could
be satisfied living out their life as a caterpillar, but God has bigger things
in store for them!That caterpillar was
not called to be a caterpillar!

“I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;marvelous are Your works,
and that
my soul knows very well.” Psalms 139:14

If I am truly honest… I dislike
the transformation process!I am
realizing my disdain for it has more to do with my stubbornness than it has to
do with God’s work.My selfishness, my humanness,
can be satisfied, to a certain extent; just being what I am… transformation is
painful!

Like the caterpillar, God
lets it know when it is time to start the metamorphosis into what He has called
it to… a thing of beauty… a butterfly!I
am almost positive the caterpillar does not argue with God about it or try to
make a deal to be left alone… it knows that it is created for greater things!
(Romans 9:20)How about us?Does the pain of transformation stop us from
being made, slowly but surely, into God’s beautiful creature?

“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a
mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from
glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”2
Corinthians 3:18

What is God working on in
your life?Are you moving forward with an
open and willing heart to His leading? Or are you refusing to get into the cocoon?
Yes, God loves every one of us as “caterpillars”
but He loves us so much He cannot wait to transform us into His beautiful
creature, one step at a time.Remember… You
are not called to be a caterpillar!

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
Ephesians 2:10

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